Will need to take a couple of beach therapy days or go hiking... any takers? lol

Anyway, I have been receiving messages with offers I don't care about and, instead of taking it with a crooked smile, it really pissed me off...

I don't mind about "list" emails, I mean people contacting me through the email I gave them for personal conversations and things like direct messages in Twitter.

The problem was not the offer itself, it was the fact that personal channels opened for other purposes were used. AND, it didn't seem to be a "hand picked" service as they didn't know my circumstances in that moment. I'm talking about people I never interacted with or some others I hadn't talked with for a long time. I felt treated as a number... not that wise to kick egos in the forehead like that, hum? lol

Here is part of my conversation with one of those that didn't know me at all, very nice guy actually, it was a DM in Twitter.

- Sorry handsome, how do you know I'm interested in that report? Can I put you in my "free to dm with offers" list as well?

- Sorry if it was out of line for you. Will remember to keep these offers to only interested parties. Have a great day.

- I don't mind receiving offers, I do mind being treated as a number. Here: Cracking the social media code, that is what I think :)

- Thanks. Downloaded and will read. I don’t send on every offer, only ones I believe in. Thanks for tweet.

See the problem here? He was honestly trying to help sending that offer. Only he had no way to know, without asking, if I would need that or not...and when you message people with something they don't need, you are wasting your time and theirs.

All this led me to think about the purpose we have as information brokers...

In these blessed times for information, to find answers to questions is not the problem. The problem is to find the right answer without spending your life reading and sorting through garbage.

While I was rambling, the concept of the "energy of money" came to mind. Please, don't ask how... I don't expect to understand what happens between the ears, and certainly can't explain it...

Money has a dynamic and a way of flowing that reminds me of energy (more about this some other day)... You can't expect money to come to you just for sending a message or an email... you need to add value, and the money you will receive will be related with the value you add. Funny enough... the money you will receive doesn't have to do with the value YOU give to the value you add, but to the value it has for the recipient (the one who will be giving the money). So to find the right person to receive the message is part of the value you are adding. Makes sense? LOL

The act of sorting through garbage for others IS a way to add value. But for the other to SEE it that way, you need to provide them with the information they are looking for. And in these fast times, to refrain from adding to their information overload IS part of the service.

We need to use some method of sorting to make sure we are serving the purpose when sending information to someone, because if we don't... we are just adding more garbage to their lives and that is how they will remember us. Do you think someone would pay you for leaving what they consider garbage in their front yard? Even if you think it is a piece or art? Didn’t think so...